The centre coordinator in Canada left the BKs in 2017 after 34 happy years. He has made a website called http://sublime.one analyzing The Knowledge and describing some of his experiences.
Interestingly, from that website, he confirms what we discovered independently and adds some insight to it. I specifically refer to how Lekhraj Kirpalani "would not give food to [his adherents] if they were speaking about the past". The ''small mistake" when Lekhraj Kirpalani thought and declared that he was God Brahma. The author mentions how Lekhraj Kirpalani told his adherents "to erase all traces of that period".
Now bear in mind that this was during the "Beggary Period" when the BKs were living in Mount Abu with very little funds and the Sisters had no skills nor outside income of their own to either buy their own food or escape.
To deny food is not a small coercion.
Interestingly, from that website, he confirms what we discovered independently and adds some insight to it. I specifically refer to how Lekhraj Kirpalani "would not give food to [his adherents] if they were speaking about the past". The ''small mistake" when Lekhraj Kirpalani thought and declared that he was God Brahma. The author mentions how Lekhraj Kirpalani told his adherents "to erase all traces of that period".
Now bear in mind that this was during the "Beggary Period" when the BKs were living in Mount Abu with very little funds and the Sisters had no skills nor outside income of their own to either buy their own food or escape.
To deny food is not a small coercion.
sublime.one wrote:God Brahma
One day, with the French group, we had a small private class in Pandav Bhavan with Dada Anand Kishore, an old nice Brother, a companion of Brahma Baba for many years. I sat down in front of him and I was thinking : "I would like to hear stories of Brahma Baba's life." Dada then asked us "What do you like me to talk about?" He looked at me and continued : "Do you like to hear stories about Brahma Baba?". Then, laughing: "Do you know that for many years, Brahma Baba was thinking that he was God? ''. Our ears and eyes were wide open.
He explained then that for a long time, Brahma Baba thought and declared that he was God Brahma. Dada gave us many details, such as how he asked the people around him to erase all traces of that period when he realized that there was a ''small mistake''. He then forbade everybody to speak about it. "Past is past!". Dadi Janki was recently telling in a class that Brahma Baba would not give food to the children if they were speaking about the past. The details of that period became one of the secrets of the BKs.